The Routledge Atlas of the First World War (Routledge Historical Atlases)

by Martin Gilbert (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $4.60

  From its origins to its terrible legacy, the tortuous and bloody course of the Great War is vividly set out in a series of 164 fascinating maps. Together the maps form a comprehensive and compelling picture of the war that shattered Europe, and illustrate its military, social, political and economic aspects. Beginning with the tensions that already existed, the atlas covers:
  * the early months of the war: from the fall of Belgium to the fierce fighting at Ypres and Tannenberg
  * the developing war in Europe: from Gallipoli to the horrors of the Somme and Verdun
  * life at the front: from living underground, the trench system and the mud of Passchendaele to the war graves
  * war in the air and at sea: from the Zeppelin raids to the battles in the North Sea, shipping losses and the Atlantic convoys
  * technology and the new horrors: from phosgene gas attacks to submarines, tanks and mines
  * the home fronts: from German food riots to the air defence of Britain, the Russian Revolution and the collapse of Austria-Hungary
  * the Aftermath: from war debts and war deaths to the new map of Europe.